The Celestial launched himself back into the sky as he heard the Car pull out of the Wheeler driveway. He knew now he would have to keep his distance for the time being, he could sense her, the girl's adoptive father and the boy that she had been holding hands with. Something else struck him as odd when it came to the boy she was with. He was Human, that much was sure but there was something that struck him as odd.
He could feel Will Byers just under a Mile away, he only could because his body still had traces of the Mind Flayer on within him and harboured spiritual wounds that would most likely never heal due to being subjected to the demons possession.
The Celestial followed the car at a snails pace, making sure to be hidden as close to the trees as possible, he hadn't avoided the Mind Flayer for thousands of years because he was stupid. The Celestial was impressed with Will Byers managing to hide from a Demogorgan for a week without any powers of his own, it was highly impressive.
He remembered the week vividly the moment that a human presence had entered the Upside-Down they had all felt it, felt the presence of a human soul for the first time in thousands of years and they resolved to fulfil the mandate that the light had given them at the very dawn of mankind.
The last battalion of Celestials gathered together and fought their way across the Upside-Down to reach the boy, days upon days of continuous fighting without pause, these Celestials were the most battle hardened, the strongest of The Holy Host, sustaining minimum casualties. They could feel one Demogorgan constantly dimension jumping from Earth to the Upside-Down, luck was on their side due to simple fact that the portal was only strong enough to transport a single Demogorgan and no others.
The Mind Flayer was also instantly aware of the Human soul within it's midst and had got there first, placing him into some sort of nest to breed new creatures for the invasion. In effect a Trojan Horse. The hatched creatures were to widen the gate and sustain it on the other side for its invasion.
And then they had all felt her. Felt the child enter the Upside-Down. A force of nature so powerful and potent, The Celestials initially thought it was one of the Primordial Beings until the they heard her voice.
"Mike? MIKE! MIKE!… MIKE!" the voice was screaming and it was reverberating through their heads like she was standing right next to them and they also took note of the fact that she was in near tears.
Her mere presence was enough to scare away the abominations after sensing that she had eviscerated one mere moments before. The remnants of its form clinging to her. The Celestial's had changed course and hastened to her that is until they felt her presence vanish from the Upside-Down altogether.
During the time of the Mind Flayers invasion they had engaged the bigger force of Demogorgans and Demo-Dogs that were assembled near the gate in the Upside-Down. Keeping them at bay whilst El closed the portal.
They figured out what she really was and it restored hope to The Host. Although when the gate closed the Mind Flayer emerged completely enraged, the Celestials signaled to scatter before they could suffer the Demon's wrath. For a year they were hunted down mercilessly before he could open one gate under his own power.
The Celestial shook himself out of his thoughts and continued to follow Hopper's SUV
XxX
Dustin pulled up outside the library, the feather will still in his left hand, he huffed as he placed the bike on the rack before locking it up with his Bike lock, upon seeing Dustin the librarian pursed her lips and bristled.
"Mister Henderson, I hope your not going to steal anymore books are you?" she said eying him carefully.
"No ma'am" Dustin said rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "Um you wouldn't happen to have a book on the various types of birds and how to identify them would you?" Dustin asked politely.
She just looked down at him through the rim of her glasses, she sighed and walked round the edge of her desk"
"Follow me mister Henderson" she said walking briskly down one of the various bookshelves, Dustin followed closely, the feather tucked somewhere in his pocket.
xXxXx
Hopper held the door open as Mike led El safely inside. Hopper closed the door the moment they had and secured the locks on the door before making his way into the kitchen to see what he could do about the white shirt, although he was pretty sure it was ruined now.
Mike carefully helped her to sit on the Sofa, El whimpered still as the pain in her back was still there, The moment Mike had set down on the Sofa, El immediately crawled over to his side and laid her head down on his shoulder. Mike's head darted up to the kitchen to see Hopper looking at the shirt with an expression that Mike had to stiffle his laughter at , the poor man was at a loss.
El's breathing had evened out and Mike found her eyes shut and she snuggled into the crook of his neck. Fast asleep, Hopper walked over and placed two cups of tea onto the small wooden table, Hopper pressed a silent finger to his lips before going to the back of the sofa and lifting the back of El's shirt carefully.
There just on the centre of her upper back was rough patches of red enflamed skin, her veins were clearly visible within this area, Hopper let the shirt fall back into place and pinched the bridge of his nose.
Just for once was it too much to ask to just have a quiet year? Just one.
Just as Hopper was musing this he heard a soft thud outside. His revolver was in his hand in a flash as he quietly moved to the door, El shot up from Mike's shoulder wincing as she did so.
XxXxX
The Celestial landed much safer and elegantly than last time, pleased with such a landing, his wings hadn't been used much, it was important for Celestials to remain out of the skies and to keep them hidden.
His Wings of Blue Lightning slowly began to dissipate, vanishing into a puff of blue vapour like they were never there. His eyes took in everything, the grass, the trees, the tripwire which he amusedly stepped over. He carefully made cautious steps on the old wooden steps.
He tried the door handle and found the door wouldn't budge. He frowned down at the door handle, he clicked his fingers and the locks inside clicked as they unbolted themselves. Before opening the door.
The first thing he saw was a flash of silver as Hopper clubbed at his face with the weapon, whilst it didn't hurt it did make him stubble just due to the sheer force of the blow, he looked up to see an enraged Chief Hopper standing protectively in the doorway, The Celestial glanced past him to see the two teens, The boy standing protectively in front of the girl.
But the girl, this powerful girl, her eyes had lit up an Icy blue.
The Celestial took a step forward.
"Stop right there, I won't hesitate to shoot you, now tell me, who the hell are you" Hopper demanded. The Celestial opened his mouth to speak but El had beat him to it.
"it's the man with the wings" El said in a small growl. The Celestial took another step forward.
Bad idea. Hopper let loose a single round.
Which bounced off The Celestial's body, harmless.
"Please, allow me to explain, I am not you enemy " He said
"No? ok then, just who the hell are you?!" Hopper said aggressively, The Celestial frowned, surely there was no need for such aggression. Clearly he hadn't met Hopper.
"My apologies, my name is Zadkiel. I am a Celestial of the Light and yes she is right I do have wings" he said politely
Mike chose the moment to speak up, his eyes lighting up in the way it usually did when he had discovered something or came up with a theory.
"Wait, Celestial? do you mean that you're an Angel? There is no such thing" Mike said disbelievingly.
Zadkiel looked impressed with the deduction. "Celestial is the Enochain word for it but yes I am an Angel" He said
Hopper looked pissed still although it was almost like a billion things were now beginning to make sense, Mike looked incredibly sceptical but Eleven looked unperturbed almost content with the Idea. In those 353 days of separation she gained the basic idea of God, Angels and religion in general but she never paid it much thought.
Zadkiel closed his eyes for the briefest of moments before they sprung open, his eyes glowed a deep ocean blue in contrast to El's icy blue. The wings of Blue Lightning materialized in front of their astounded eyes, before the lightning slowly Tran morphed into something more solid and he was left with two feather covered wings, a wingspan of around 6ft, with pure white feathers with black tips. He spread them out to their full width.
"Dear God…" Hopper muttered at the sight. His weapon was finally lowered in utter awe. El's eyes slowly turned back to their natural golden brown.
"May I come in now? I have a lot of explaining to do and not much time to do so" Zadkiel asked, folding his wings behind his back before they furled themselves into his back and out of sight. Hopper simply stood aside and allowed Zadkiel to step over the threshold.
"Hmm, where to begin?" he pondered out loud, he turned to regard El for a moment before deciding to address her first.
"Your name is El, correct?" Zadkiel asked gently, she nodded in return, unsure of what to make of the winged although currently wingless man.
Zadkiel considered his next question carefully.
"El do you know who your real father is?" he asked softly, El nodded and pointed to Hopper who lips tugged upwards in a small smile.
Zadkiel shook his head "No, I mean your real father, not you surrogate one"
El considered it for a moment "No" she said confirming Zadkiel's suspicions.
"I thought not, he was a Celestial, El" Zadkiel said.
Silence washed over the cabin like a bad smell, everything was silent as the seconds ticked by until someone spoke up.
"But that would mean…" Mike Trailed off turning to stare in awe at El.
"That she is Half-Angel, yes" Zadkiel confirmed.
"We found two feathers this Morning and her back covered in blood, care to comment?" Hopper said gruffly.
"Her Wings are growing. I'm not going to lie this will be painful until the wings break through the skin and they won't take too long to grow after that, a couple of weeks at most and she will be able to hide them like all Celestials" He added on.
She nodded her understanding. A small nervous smile played on her lips as she looked at Mike who reached over and took her hand in his and she rested her head on his shoulder, Zadkiel watched them curiously.
But this moment was interrupted as the lights in the cabin began to flicker overhead. Zadkiel sprung to his feet and ran to the window, tearing open the curtain's and the sound of screeching could be heard over the sparking electricity.
Zadkiel flicked his arm forward and his blade came flying from within and into his waiting hand. Hopper raised his revolver and both Mike and El bolted to their feet where El's eyes and shifted to a bitter icy blue as she gazed around the cabin watching the lights flicker, she stood in front of Mike protectively. Her veins glowed blue as it spread through her veins down to the very tips of her fingers.
The lights started to spark and explode, showering them with red hot embers. Zadkiel only said two words, the words feeling sour on his tongue.
"They're Here"
(A/N) oooh a cliffy lol I will be going into more detail into what makes El more different to other Celestials, with some serious Mileven ;) and maybe even an angry Hopper lol
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